Chapter 70 Recruiting Talents
Chen Yongren only remembered at this time that Wang Jiawei could be said to be Chen Xunqi's royal screenwriter before becoming a director, and participated in the screenwriting of almost all the early works of Yongjia Company.
Huang Bingyao is in a similar situation, Yongjia's entrepreneurial work "Beware of Little Hands" is his screenwriting work.
Compared with the two, Chen Yongren attaches more importance to the latter; Wong Bingyao is definitely one of the best screenwriters in Hong Kong, and he has proven to be a genius indeed.
Huang Bingyao only stayed in the film industry for ten years, and this decade happened to be the golden decade of the Hong Kong film industry, he passed by like a comet, and died of illness.
"Scorpion Warrior" and "Loser" are classic kung fu films;
"A Tale of Two Cities" and "Goodbye to the Yiren" are general urban love;
action comedies such as "Double Dragon Club", "Truant Dragon" and the "Lucky Star" series;
"People Are Scary", "Ghost Bites Ghosts", "Mr. Zombie" and other psychedelic kung fu;
"Royal Senior Sister" and "Hot Hand Detective" general police and bandit shootouts;
Many of the films are innovative in their subject matter, leading the way for a while, and it can almost be said that almost half of the films in Hong Kong are influenced by the works he wrote. What Chinese films lack most is this kind of talent.
As for Wang Jiawei, it is too difficult for literary and artistic young people to communicate, if they are friends, of course they can do it; But if it is a partner, it is absolutely impossible and resolute, the heart is too tired, the strength is too hard, the spirit is too hurt, and the stomach is so uncomfortable that it can't eat......
Sure enough, after the Wang family didn't hear Chen Yongren's words, their reaction was flat, "Mr. Xie Chen appreciates it, but the family's major affairs have always been presided over by insiders, and I need to go back first to consult her opinion......."
Chen Yongren had expected that the love of literary and artistic young people is great, why does Wang Jiawei always wear sunglasses? is because of his wife, the producer of TVB, Chen Yiji.
It is said that after Wang Jiawei graduated from university, he first worked in a jeans store and lived a leisurely life like an ordinary person, until he met a literary young woman, and everything changed.
It was a girl studying in Australia, who came to Hong Kong during the summer vacation, and she met Wang Jiawei; Generally speaking, the same sex repels each other, the opposite sex attracts, and the temperament of lovers is usually different; Otherwise, how can you quarrel? If you don't quarrel when you fall in love, what kind of relationship do you talk about?
This is for ordinary people, and it turns out that literary and artistic youth are always different; Wang Jiawei and that girl fell in love with each other vigorously, and the latter had an end of vacation and was about to start school......
Wang Jiawei's first love ended like this, the story is very plain, but the feelings of literary and artistic youth are immeasurable, Wang Jiawei is actually very sad; Facts have also proved that although the love of literary and artistic young people is different, they have the same commonality as ordinary people - first love is always unforgettable; Therefore, Wang Jiawei filmed his unforgettable first love, which is the beginning of his classic literary film "The True Story of A Fei".
The mind of literary and artistic young people is always unpredictable, and the Wang family, who has just fallen out of love, did not go to the bar to kill their sorrows; I don't know if he's really sad or fake, but he's suddenly interested in a woman in sunglasses. Chen Yongren thought that the scene at that time must be like this, and a "beautiful and romantic" picture appeared in his mind......
Wang Jiawei, like Mayday's lead singer Ashin, took a small ox cart and took out chewing gum - "Beauty, make a friend, right?" ”; At the same time, he also hummed a song in his mouth, expressing his literary and artistic style to the other party, hoping to attract the other party......
I have an emotional cleanliness fetish, and it's not easy to get acquainted
My loneliness is autism
It's been a bit weird lately, and I've been sneezing non-stop
Could it be that you have met a natural enemy?
The last relationship cup has just been washed
It has disinfected scars and bacteria
It's not my type that surprises me the most
You are indispensable to come back to your senses
Let's do whatever we want together
More intimate than intimacy, give me breath, give me imagination
……
The Wang family is not very successful, it turns out that literary and artistic youth are indeed very attractive to some women, and Chen Yiji, a woman in sunglasses, had her eyes red in order to shoot a serial, so she had to wear sunglasses to the bar to take a break, but she didn't expect to meet a literary and artistic youth.
Chen Yiji was attracted by this big boy who had just graduated from college and had just fallen in love for the first time and had just fallen out of love; What do you do and say whatever you want? Giving you imagination? She smiled: "Go and sign up for the director writing assistant class ...... held by TVB TV."
Wang Jiawei had never studied film before, and he didn't have the cheat in Chen Yongren's mind, although he was a genius literary and artistic young man, but he was new to this trip, so he didn't know the essentials; Chen Yiji is Wang Jiawei's top boss, she not only gives him good advice on creation, but also cooks porridge for him when he stays up late.
One day, Chen Yiji saw that Wang Jiawei's eyes were red because he was desperately staying up late, so he bought a pair of RAYBAN sunglasses and gave them to him, and said distressedly: "You have to take care of your body." In a word, the Wang family did not shed tears.
Wang Jiawei hugged Chen Yiji tightly and said, "I will always wear the sunglasses you gave me in the future." Since then, this pair of sunglasses has never left Wang Jiawei, and wearing RAYBAN sunglasses has also become Wang Jiawei's signature image.
In this way, a Bai Fumei married a literary and artistic young man. Chen Yiji has since become the woman behind Wang Jiawei, supporting the latter as a director, and single-handedly contributing to the success of Wang Jiawei's famous debut film "Carmen in Mong Kok".
ran around looking for sponsors and investment for the latter's films, and tried his best to persuade Deng Guangrong to spend 40 million Hong Kong dollars for Wong Kar-wai to shoot "The True Story of A Fei", since then Wong Kar-wai has become famous, and "The True Story of A Fei" has also become an immortal classic of Hong Kong films.
As Wang Jiawei's behind-the-scenes senior staff, Chen Yiji invited the photography master Christopher Du and art designer Zhang Shuping, who represent Hong Kong's highest level, to cooperate with Wong Kar-wai to become the "Three Musketeers". With the best combination, Wong Kar-wai is even more like a fish in water.
To provide ideas for the latter's films, "In the Mood for Love" was precisely because Chen Yiji saw many friends in the film and television industry having extramarital affairs, because she liked Zhou Xuan's song "In the Mood for Love", so she proposed to use this song title as the movie title.
If a wife is like this, what more can a husband ask for? Chen Yiji can be said to be the smartest woman in the Hong Kong film industry, because she is always behind the scenes and never comes forward to fight for fame and fortune, but her victory over Wang Jiawei is equivalent to conquering Hong Kong movies.
Chen Yongren heard Wang Jiawei's answer, nodded and smiled: "No problem, it is related to Brother Wang's future prospects, and it is ......appropriate to discuss with his sister-in-law."
"Mr. Xie Chen understands ......."
"But ......" Chen Yongren interrupted Wang Jiawei and said meaningfully: "I can see that Brother Wang is a talented person, it's a pity to be a screenwriter, and there won't be much breakthrough in the future, if you have the idea of becoming a director, you can come to me at any time." As he spoke, he handed the latter a business card.
Wang Jiawei's heart was shocked, and he didn't say anything more after taking over the business card......
Huang Bingyao has come back to his senses and politely refused, and Huang Jinbao has the grace of knowing him; He was born as a teacher, and he knows best the meaning of "giving it a peach and repaying it", so he can't do anything to turn his back on the former.
After hearing this, Chen Yongren smiled and said: "Mr. Huang is too worried, I just asked you to act as an agent for the company's department, and Brother Sanmao and I are also acquaintances, how could I ask you to do unrighteous things?" , After coming to my company, you can also cooperate with Brother Sanmao, I will not restrict your freedom! ”。
"This ......" Huang Bingyao hesitated, although he is in a large company like Golden Harvest, he is a well-known screenwriter to put it nicely, but he still works part-time; If you go to Chen Yongren, you can be a department manager, although ......
Well, it's still a part-time job, but it's a good name, the manager of the editorial department, listening to Chen Yongren, he seems to attach great importance to screenwriters.
At this time, Hong Kong's film companies looked down on screenwriters, although he had created a lot of blockbuster movies before, but before entering the film industry, he had experienced a lot of twists and turns, knowing the difficulties of being a screenwriter, many people were sincere, but there was no way to enter.
Chen Yongren saw Huang Bingyao's hesitation, and continued: "Mr. Huang is willing to come, I will give you an annual salary of 500,000 Hong Kong dollars, and if you dig out a good script for the company, there will be a bonus; If Mr. Huang created it himself, after the movie is a big hit, I can give you box office dividends ......."
"What ......"; Huang Bingyao is indeed a little moved, he has previously created movies such as "Five Lucky Stars" and "Brave Double Cannons" with a box office of more than 20 million, and others with more than 10 million, and the average income is indeed 20,000 or 30,000 Hong Kong dollars, and the income is still very unstable.
After struggling for a moment, Huang Bingyao sighed: "Please Mr. Chen give me some time to think about it!" ”。
"Of course......" Chen Yongren smiled slightly, nodded and said, "The door of my legendary pictures ......is open for you at any time."
Chen Xunqi didn't speak beside him, he knew that Chen Yongren's style of doing things always had his own reasons; Most importantly, he knew he was telling what he was saying.
It wasn't until the Wang family said goodbye to Huang Bingyao and left that he spoke: "You value the ...... of the two of them."
"Aren't you too? Yongjia has started his business until now, and almost all movies are written by the two of them, right? ”。
Chen Xunqi shook his head, "It's different, they are always screenwriters, I admit that they are talented, but both of them have only been in the industry for 5 years, and they have not been exposed to film knowledge before entering the industry, the core of the film is still the director, how long did it take me to become a director from making film scores in my teens?" 15 years ......".
Chen Yongren smiled: "Brother, you are really a talent!" ”。
Chen Xunqi didn't reply, he listened to the word "talent" in Chen Yongren's mouth, and always felt that the taste was a little strange.
Chen Yongren paused and continued: "There are geniuses above talents, such as me...... It's only been half a year since I entered the industry, and I won a world award for directing films, but it took you 15 years to become a director, do you say you are a talent? He shook his head and sighed......
Chen Xunqi choked for a moment, didn't fight back, and sighed instead: "Let's worry about yourself first!" There are some changes in your "Die Hard", I think you are a genius how to solve it? ”。